Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-05-27

w mere grass sceu - soWH lhc '"'
before, and clover follows after har-
rowing in the Spring, the combined
growth will be a compact sod by the
time the grain is harvested next July.
MINING FEED FOR STOCK.
1t is well known that a variety OF
food for stock is better than any one
kind. partly for the reason that no one
food contains the full clements of nu-
triton in their right proportions. But
with ruminants giving variety is not
enough. They will do better if the diff
ferent kinds are IN xed before feeding.
that they may NIL come up and be re.
masticated Neither the full benefit of
h;W or grain is secured by feeding sep
arately. 1t is commonly supposed that
too hastily and greedily swallowed to
be thoroughly digested. But there is
also Il loss in the less palatable forage,
which being eaten with little relish does
not take with It enough saliva TO make
sure of its thorough digestion. What
ever is eaten with good appetite does
most good, though this rule is of
scarcely any practical Importance to
any except human beings. Dumb ami
mails never eat unless they are hungry
and the L hunger is for what has most
nutrition instead of dainties to tempt
the palate.
ORDERING NURSERY STOCK.
These are busy days among nursery
men. the long continuance of Winter
weather causing delay in filling orders
for trees and plants grown outs de Of
the greenhouse. Orders rece we'd dur
1 ing the Winter are attended TO first
/ and those not thoughtful enough to
/ know that they W II want any trees.
and who only order when rem nded by
approaching Spring that il is time to
! the first orders have been filled. Most
nurserymen have "A cons derablc share
of their marketable stock taken up and
heeled in during the Winter These
Fall-dug trees 90 to fill the orders on
hand in the Spring, while orders made
later have to be supplied with trees dug
from the rows Trees properly hecled
in have calloused their roots prepare
tory TO putting forth new fibres. and
are much more sure TO grow than trees
dug late in the Spring. 1t is, therefore,
not altogether for the convenience OF
the nurserymen. but for the benefit OF
the purchaser as well, that trees OIL
plants should be ordered as early a
possible.
FEEDING YOUNG PIGS.
II doc, not take long for good lit
ter OF young p,g> to outgrow the capac
ity of the SOW to furnish enough miib
to keep them thrifty This mix from
its dam is the best possible noursh
ment for Young pigs a. for all other
young animals; but with eight t
twelve or fifteen hungry stomachs to b,
filled the sow can not possjb q We
enough milk to fully satisfy them, how
ever well-fed she may be. b. the tim,
the pigs are ten days to two weeks ole
they VIII begin to eat, and they should
be helped to all they can devour. A
handful of oats or cracked wheat is ex.
cellent for the young pigs, and scarcely
anything is better for the old sow.
Corn should not be given at this tender
age, nor. in fact in any quantity unit
their growth is pretty well made. Il
is a great loss to fa.l to feed young
pigs well, as they make more growth
from the same amount of nutrimen
than at any subsequent time in their
Ives. And yet relying wholly upon
what they can get from the SOW, many
pigs in large litters become stunted
even before they are weaned. and theil
growth is so checked that it costs near.
ly all they are worth to get them start
ed in growing again. Unless the own
er is ling to take some extra pains
in feeding the weaklngs a large litter
OF pigs may prove less profitable than q
small one.
CNDERDRAINING IN SPRING.
Although Spring is usually bu sy
time tor men and teams. it is on some
accounts the best for underdra ming
The soil while moist and loose from re-
cent frosts is much more easily dug than
after it has been scorched and dried out
by the heat of Summer. There is some
advantage also in having enough water
in the ditch as dug to secure a ua form
fall a depression of one or even two
inches below the graie may pass un-
not ced, when the bottom is dry, but
with enough water TO make small
stream very little sag is made manifest
at once. 1t only takes a small depres =
sion to impair, il not entirely destroy,
/ the usefulness of an underdrain, and
when water is running, a uniform fall
/ can be got without the use of level.
/ While Spring ought to be a busy time
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